calu-CIO

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Contribute as a member of the University’s leadership team
assisting in the planning and integration of IT resources to enhance
the educational, fiscal, and technological objectives of the University;
advise the management team in the development and modeling of IT
policies as well as long term strategic goals.
• Provide strategic direction for all technology operations across the
University, including infrastructure and architecture, applications
development, re-engineering business processes, networks,
outsourcing, and computer and auxiliary operations and support.
• Provide guidance in the creation of security policies, contract
negotiations, University policies, business continuity and legal matters
as they relate to provisioning IT services; ensure that the university’s
information systems comply with relevant privacy and acceptable use
regulations.
• Provide leadership in developing and supporting the University’s
governance structure to ensure broad campus participation of faculty,
students, and staff in IT planning, budgeting, and program assessment;
serve on enterprise planning and policy-making committees; drive
the development of technology standards, governance processes and
performance metrics to ensure IT delivers value to the University.
• Provide guidance in the development of policies and best practices
to ensure that the academic, research, and administrative information
platforms are delivered and sustained in a cost effective manner and
support of the university’s mission; foster a comprehensive approach
to IT security that balances the need for academic and scholarly
innovation as well as advancements in business operations for the
university.
• Pursue and engage external technology vendors, business
organizations, executives, focus groups, and researchers to initiate
and obtain innovative IT solutions; develop, and maintain effective
relationships that can facilitate and grow current technology as well
as participate in a visionary process to map and integrate future
innovative technologies.
• Plan, develop, and implement the IT division budget forecast
funds needed for the department’s staffing, equipment, materials,
and supplies; approve department expenditures and implement
budgetary adjustments as appropriate; articulate the need for critical
resources enabling the IT organization to be successful.
• Work collaboratively with the all University departments to
improve the efficiency and effectiveness of services; partner with
campus leadership to define their operational strategy and facilitate
its delivery and enable cost-effective and innovative shared solutions.
• Communicate and collaborate extensively with all university
units/departments; students, student government and student
organizations;
• Keep current in new technologies and platforms; identify emerging
technologies to be assimilated, integrated and introduced within
the University to ensure IT capabilities respond to the needs of the
University’s growth and objectives;
• Create a work environment that is conducive to collaboration and
teamwork; continually developing staff that can meet or exceed
operational and service goals.
• Respond proactively to problems and opportunities emerging
from anticipated significant system and industry changes; promote
goals and objectives that advance the use of innovative information
technologies.
• Performs related duties as assigned.